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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol. I. 1917' [85] (94/748)
The record is made up of 1 volume (371 folios). It was created in 1916. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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TRIBES OF THE CENTRAL EAST
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Up to 1830 the Beni Khalid ruled the Hasa ; but they had long
been at war with the Wahabites, to whom, being themselves Maliki
Sunnites, they are unsympathetic, and they finally succumbed to
the Emir Turki of Riyadh. Latterly, after recognizing Turkish suzer
ainty, more or less, for forty odd years, they have come again under
Riyadh. They are great breeders of horses and cattle, and culti
vate more than most Bedouins. Their tents are noted for their great
size; and in dress (they wear the fine Hasa abbas), deportment,
physiognomy, and coloration, these nomads are more like oasis-
dwellers than Bedouins. They number about 14,000 souls, and claim
to send out 4,000 fighting men.
They are in alliance with the 'Ajman and share diras with that
tribe, but maintain feuds with the Muteir and the Ahl Murrah.
A small, isolated section ranges north of Koweit with the Dhafir.
The tribe is well armed and more trustworthy than the 'Ajman.
Its Paramount Chief is the Sheikh of a settled clan, A1 Khalid,
of the 'Ama'ir sub-tribe, who lives on the island of Musallamiyah.
For the settled Beni Khalid see below, pp. 572, 608.
BENI KHALID
Suh-Tribe.
'Amctir.
Al Subeih
Beni Nahad
Al Miqdam
Muhashir
Ad Jabur .
Al Humeid
Clan.
JDawawdah
Al Hasan
Al Hayyah
Makhdsim
Al Zaban
'Ama'ir has other settled clans.
Subeih has other settled elans.
Mainly nomad.
Mainly nomad.
Mainly nomad.
Half-settled.
Small and decayed.
6. The
The 'AJMAN, who range south of the Beni Khalid, trace their
descent to Qahtan through Nafura of Nejran; but this pedigree
is not accepted by Arab genealogists in general.
They are, however, an important Bedouin tribe, which is the
strongest nomad unit on the Gulf Coast, although its claim to turn
out 10,000 fighting men is excessive. It is singularly at one within
itself, its different sub-tribes and clans not having distinct diras,
or falling into sectional groups. 'Ajmi tribesmen of all sections may
be found in any camp in any part of the range of the tribe. It also
appears to have unusual instinct for federation with its weaker
neighbours, thus securing more elbow-room. Under ordinary
conditions both the Beni Khalid and the Beni Hajar are its allies,
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This volume is A Handbook of Arabia, Volume I, General (Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Department: May, 1916) and contains geographical and political information of a general character concerning the Arabian Peninsula. The volume was prepared on behalf of the Admiralty and War Office, from sources, including native information obtained for the purpose of compiling the volume, since the outbreak of the First World War. Separate chapters are devoted to each of the districts or provinces of the Arabian Peninsula and include information on the physical character, as well as social and political surveys.
The volume includes a note on official use, title page, and a 'Note' on the compilation of the volume. There is a page of 'Contents' that includes the following sections:
- Chapter 1: Physical Survey;
- Chapter 2: Social Survey;
- Chapter 3: The Bedouin Tribes: A. Northern Tribes, B. Tribes of the Central West, C. Tribes of the Central South, D. Tribes of the Central East, Supplement: Non-Bedouin Nomads;
- Chapter 4: Hejaz;
- Chapter 5: Asir;
- Chapter 6: Yemen;
- Chapter 7: Aden and Hadhramaut: A. Aden and the Interior, B. Hadhramaut;
- Chapter 8: Oman: A. The sultanate of Oman, B. Independent Oman;
- Chapter 9: The Gulf Coast: A. The Sultanate of Koweit [Kuwait], B. Hasa, C. Bahrain, D. El-Qatar, E. Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ;
- Chapter 10: Nejd;
- Chapter 11: Jebel Shammar;
- Chapter 12: The Northern Nefūd and Dahanah Belts;
- Chapter 13: Settled Tribes of the North-West;
- Chapter 14: Settled Tribes of the West;
- Chapter 15: Settled Tribes of the South;
- Chapter 16: Settled Tribes of the Centre;
- Appendix: Note of Topographical and Common Terms;
- Index;
- Plates.
The front of the volume includes a 'List of Maps' and a 'Note on the Spelling of Proper Names'. Maps contained in this volume are:
- Map 1: Arabia: Districts and Towns;
- Map 2: Orographical Features of Arabia;
- Map 3: Land Surface Features of Arabia;
- Map 4: Tribal Map of Arabia.
The volume also contains fifteen plates of photographs and sketches by Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, Douglas Carruthers, Captain Gerard Leachman, Dr Julius Euting, George Wyman Bury, and Samuel Barrett Miles.
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- 1 volume (371 folios)
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The volume is arranged in chapters. There is a contents page, list of maps, alphabetical index, and list of plates.
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Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the last of various maps which are inserted at the back of the volume, on number 371.
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